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Yuncken Freeman Architects Pty Ltd is an Australian architecture firm. Yuncken Freeman Architects (YFA) has grown steadily over the years particularly from the economic boom from the 1950s to 1980s to be a sizeable firm in Australia. Yuncken Freeman has branch offices in Hong Kong as well as other parts of south-east Asia. ==History== Yuncken Freeman Architects Pty Ltd. began as a practice when Otto (Rob) Yuncken (the son of master builder, Otto Yuncken) and John Freeman left their positions as senior associates in (A & K Henderson ). They were accompanied in their departure by John's brother, Tom Freeman, and William Balcombe Griffiths, also employees at A & K Henderson. In 1945 Roy Simpson was recruited into Yuncken Freeman on the recommendation of a fellow student during his time at the School of Design in Melbourne University. The new firm, Yuncken, Freeman Brothers, Griffiths & Simpson Architects, was located in the same Henderson Building, near the Mitre Tavern and its area was a social hub for a community of architectural firms, fellow students and friends from the Architectural Students' Society including Leslie M Perrott senior; Marcus Barlow; Bates, Smart & McCutcheon and others. By the 1940s the operations of the firm was disrupted by World War II, which unavoidably grew to be a much serious threat than before. Rob Yuncken and Roy Simpson eventually enlisted into service, providing planning and design services to the U.S. Army Engineers Corps, for territory reclaimed by General MacArthur’s campaign. When the dust settled in 1946, Yuncken and Simpson returned to Melbourne. Only to find the members of the original group scattered. They did however reunite to continue their practice. In 1947, Yuncken Freeman Brothers Griffiths & Simpson Architects was appointed by the Victorian Government to initiate an emergency housing project in London. Simpson, who had experience during his days in the U.S. Army, headed the project where he provided designs for pre-built housing that could be assembled by unskilled labour. Fifty years later, these homes are still occupied. He was awarded the Gold Medal in 1997 by the Royal Australia Institute of Architects (RAIA) for his significant contribution to architecture. From 1963 the firm was known as Yuncken Freeman Architects Pty Ltd. after the Royal Australian Institute of Architects approved the principle of architects practising as proprietary limited companies. Balcombe Griffiths and Roy Simpson (being the youngest of the original group) were the sole survivors of the five original partners, along with descendant John Yuncken, subsequently added Barry Patten and John Gates (1953), Robert Peck and Jamie Learmonth and others. Key staff included Angel Dimitroff (Myer Music Bowl) and Llew Morgan (Eagle Star and BHP House). Patten introduced the firm's characteristic international Modern style, based on the work of Mies Van Der Rohe, as seen in their 411 King Street offices, Eagle Star & BHP House. Robert Peck, as YFA managing director in the late 1970s and a City of Melbourne councillor, chaired the City's new committee on old buildings until he lost his seat in 1979. The advisory committee included representatives from the National Trust, Town & Country Planning Board, Ministries for Planning and Local Government, the Historic Buildings Preservation Council and the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA). As with many architectural firms, YFA was forced to sack 15 architects and the 8 directors took a 20% pay cut in the mid 1970s, only 5 years after completion of the State Government Offices. Director, Barry Patten told `The Age' newspaper "The situation is very bad- there just isn't any work available". Five years ago about 80% of their work had been in the private sector and the rest in Government but the situation had reversed by 1975, with government budget cuts and the private sector hardly moving. `We have employed people for years and we are now finding it very difficult to keep them occupied. It is very worrying." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yuncken Freeman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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